Wheelabrator Gloucester Company, LP
Wheelabrator Gloucester Company, LP
Located in Westville, New Jersey, the Wheelabrator Gloucester waste-to-energy facility provides dependable, environmentally safe disposal of municipal solid waste for Gloucester County, while generating clean, renewable electricity for sale to the local utility. Designed, constructed, owned and operated by Wheelabrator, Wheelabrator Gloucester serves 257,000 residents by processing up to 575 tons per day of municipal solid waste. Wheelabrator Gloucester has an electric generating capacity of 14,000 kilowatts; the equivalent of supplying the electrical needs of 15,000 New Jersey homes.
GENERAL
Area Served: County of Gloucester - 257,000 people
Type of Agreement: Regulated disposal utility
Start-up: 1989
REFUSE COMBUSTION
Type of System: Mass-burn, water wall boilers
Operation: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Number of Process Lines: 2 @ 287.5 tons per day each
Feed System: 2 overhead refuse cranes with ram feeders
Grate Design: Von Roll reciprocating grates
Combustion Temperature: 2000°F+
Auxiliary Fuel: Natural gas
Waste Volume Reduction: 90%
Ash Handling System: Water quench, drag conveyor
AIR QUALITY CONTROL
Type of Equipment: Dry scrubbers, fabric filters, SNCR (NOx control), carbon injection
ENERGY PRODUCTION
Type of Energy: Electric power steam
Flow to Turbine: 130,000 pounds per hour @ 650 psig/750*F
Electric Generating Capacity: 14 megawatts/15,000 homes
Cooling System: Once-through cooling
